124 / FIELDS OF INSTRUCTION Prerequisite: COE 610. Ocean wave spectra: measurement, analysis, and appli- cation. Systems approaches to calculation of responses of linear and nonlinear coastal and oceanographic processes. COE 613-ESTUARIAL HYDROMECHANICS AND ENGINEERING 1. 4 credits Prerequisite: COE 610. Tidal theory. Analytical and numerical methods for computation of one- and two-dimensional propagation of tides and storm surges in estuaries and bays; method of characteristics; hydraulic bore; seiches; solitary wave. COE 614--ESTUARIAL HYDROMECHANICS AND ENGINEERING 2. 4 credits Prerequisites: CE 628, COE 613. Salinity intrusion in tidal estuaries; diffusion dispersion entrainment and mixing; analytical and numerical methods for pre- dicting salinity intrusion and distribution of pollutants; laboratory exercises. COE 615-ESTUARIAL HYDROMECHANICS AND ENGINEERING 3. 4 credits Prerequisite: COE 614 or consent of instructor. Estuary shoaling and dredging practices; tidal energy; model investigations and study of selected case histories. COE 620--COASTAL STRUCTURES 1. 4 credits Prerequisite: COE 610. Design principles for breakwaters, jetties and piers, shore protection, harbor design, offshore structures. COE 621--COASTAL STRUCTURES 2. 4 credits Prerequisites: COE 610, COE 620. Case studies in the design and performance of coastal and offshore engineering construction. COE 630-LITTORAL PROCESSES. 4 credits Prerequisite: COE 610. Longshore currents and sediment transportation by waves and wind; effects of groins, jetties, and other coastal structures on littoral processes. COE 631-SIMULATION TECHNIQUES. 4 credits Similitude laws, analog and numerical modeling, studies of littoral drift, harbor resonance, wind-driven circulation, storm surge, wave generation. COE 632-SELECTED FIELD AND LABORATORY PROBLEMS. 3 to 8 credits Field investigations employing modern research techniques and instrumentation; correlation of measurements with predictions. COE 640-PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY. 4 credits Prerequisites: Calculus and differential equations. Historical introduction. Struc- ture of the oceanic basins. Physical and chemical properties of sea water and property distributions. Heat budget, dynamics of ocean movement and oceanic waters. COE 641-AIR-SEA INTERACTION 1: MICROSCALE. 4 credits Prerequisite: COE 610. Equations of motion and stresses at the air-sea interface; the classical instability theory; recent theories of energy transfer from air to water; thermodynamic considerations; the growth of waves; wave forecasting. COE 642-AIR-SEA INTERACTION 2: MACROSCALE. 4 credits Prerequisites: Basic courses in calculus and fluid mechanics. Composition and properties of the marine atmosphere; air-sea fluxes and energy transfer; global heat and water budget; tropical disturbances; large-scale momentum exchange. COE 643-ADVANCED TOPICS IN COASTAL AND OCEANOGRAPHIC ENGINEERING. 1 to 6 credits Wave forces, internal waves; sediment transport; surges in basins; instrumenta- tion; advanced data analysis techniques; nonlinear wave mechanics; ship waves. COE 697-SUPERVISED RESEARCH. 1 to 5 credits COE 698-SUPERVISED TEACHING. 1 to 5 credits COE 699-MASTER'S RESEARCH. 1 to 17 credits ,,.,, ~~ ~-~-~-~T- r